SURPRISE!

Welcome back everybody, yep, it's Wednesday and it's blog time! Well now, as you can see, we have been busy since last we wrote. And trust us nobody is more surprised than us! Chris had been busy organising the YouTube Channel trailer setup this weekend. First recording the narration on Sunday (with the help of post-night out throat from the Saturday before, for extra gruffness) and then, while he was messing about, er, I mean sorting out the start of the trailer on Monday, he realised we might be able to get it done with a lot less additional filming than we at first planned. He set off yesterday with his Test proof version in hand to show me which I watched, just laughed at it and said, yes. During the quick meet up yesterday, we filmed just one shot for it. One shot. Which we were able to do at H&H HQ, that plus a quick scan on the interwebs for some stock footage of 'EXPLODO!' and we got the trailer done!
And There it is ☝!

Now we were planning to film additional scenes that we scripted especially for it but I think the way Chris has put it together (with a clever bit of footage recycling) is much better and, well, flows better too with a short punchy runtime. In fact it might be more of an intro than, well, our current episode intro, which gives us something to think about (and work with) when it comes to the Season 2 episode Intro.

Getting the Channel trailer out of the way sooner than expected means we have time for more things on our plate. Yes, we plan on starting filming on the Halloween special later in the week on Thursday as that really need to get done. Then well it will be on to film at last the last episode of series 1.Fings crossed we can get the spare warm bodies!

That's it for now see you in the Future!

Vernon Harcourt

 

Time Keeps Skipping

Hello, Acting Fans, it’s time for another blog post, whoa, these sure are coming around quick - is someone shrinking the weeks down? Accelerating the earth's rotation? Chuffing about with the basic fabric of spacetime? No? Well what is it, then? Eh? I ask you!
Anyway, as the lovely warm weather and sunshine melts your ice cream and most likely melts us in the full costumes during filming, we are still in the rehearsals of episodes and planning stage. I know, I know we’re been stuck in the rut for a while now but practise makes perfect right? Right? And that Sun isn't making things any easier. Curse you, Sun! My Arch-Nemesis!
We have another special surprise for you today though. Why, what is it? Well, I am proud to unveil the second trailer for 'Harcourt & Haigh: Actors at Large', folks, and I think you will like this one, so crank up the Tube of You and wrap your eyeballs around this slightly-over-one-minute wonder:

Well, that’s all we got time for this time, we've got loads more to do. Tally Ho!

TTFN

Just kidding, we do have a little something more up our sleeves - as a special treat keep your eyes peeled on the Actors At Large Youtube channel for the second version of Trailer 2 that is most definitely NOT SAFE FOR WORK as it contains ADULT CONTENT including VIOLENCE and REPREHENSIBLE BEHAVIOUR most definitely not suitable for Under 18s. This is why we will be especially uploading it after the 9PM Watershed - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

TTFN (Really, this time)

Vernon Harcourt

 

Have You Seen These Men?

We sure hope so, 'cause otherwise you haven't been watching our teasers!
Hello, Acting Fans! Yep, it's Friday again and that means blog time (man, these weekends do come around quick) and, oh boy, do we have a treat instore for you today. What is it, I hear you cry? Well read on… 
As promised on Wednesday's blog post, we have a treat for you today. We have taken time out of our busy rehearsals to bring you the first FULL trailer and its live - right now!

We are ever marching onwards now and will be starting to film the rest of the series soon, so sit back,  get your self a cuppa and a biscuit, fire up the YouTube, press play and enjoy. Feel free to spread the H&H love across the internets and please don't forget to give us the old thumbs up.

Until next time, Acting Fans

TTFN

Vernon Harcourt

When Is A Door

Greetings, Acting Fans, hope you've had a good Bank Holiday Weekend. We've had a bit of the usual social whirl ourselves, as well as learning our lines for the next shooting sequence of course. Keeping with tradition though we had a slightly DIY errand to do on Bank Holiday Monday.
One of our Props-under-construction has had components stored in two distinct-&-distant locations and so we decided it was about time to get the two parts together, ready for their merging into one. This was how Chris ended up as a temporary door-to-door door delivery man.

The Mystery Door

 Yep, The main body of the [REDACTED FOR SPOILERS] is a common or garden BILLY bookshelf unit but for our purposes we needed to fabricate and attach a custom door. Obviously attaching one to the other is easier if they are in the same place but for the more heavy drilling/sawing/painting phase Chris's sister has kindly allowed us the use of her studio space, instead of obliterating Vern's flat with sawdust. With the start of filming though some of the practical prep has been on the back burner so now we're playing catch-up. High time we humped it to the flat, then.

Lastly but not leastly there is another big surprise awaiting you this coming Friday. Yes, It's time for some more cryptic clues and words. Be prepared for something of a portait of H&H as, well, themselves really and see them caught in the act(ing) of, well, something. But what is it, my beloved Blog Followers (looking at you Sweden & any of you Russkies that aren't hackers), that they are doing? Tune in on Friday and find out what it is. Has to been seen to believed and remember - don't have nightmares.

TTFN

Vernon Harcourt

&

Christopher Haigh

 

BOO!

So, That 2nd BIG surprise...

Hello again, Acting Fans, we’ve just about managed to get a break in our busy Schedule to bring you that something else BIG, my yes, we ARE starting to spoil you aren’t we, acting fans?
Today we'd like to present the second something BIG mentioned last Friday. And what is it? Well, if you calm down, I will tell you. So please...

...with a biscuit, put your feet up and press 'Play'. Because here it is, the 2nd teaser trailer for 'Harcourt & Haigh: Actors at Large'.

Don’t worry there is still more to come but when and where, well, I'm afraid I cannot tell you that...yet. But it will be SOON.

TTFN

Vernon Harcourt